<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The question of how much time we have to get change request in to the next version of the CIM schema arose yesterday on the call.&nbsp; John Crandall checked on the official schedule for me.&nbsp; Final CRs for Schema v2.18 must be approved and out of the working group and shared with TC for ballot by 2008/02/19.&nbsp; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This does give us a reasonable amount of time if we submit our CRs early in January.&nbsp; Good news.&nbsp; </FONT>
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